Travis H. Turner, Ph.D. is an assistant professor and director of the Neuropsychology Division at MUSC. He studied psychology and neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh and earned his doctorate in clinical psychology through San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego. He completed clinical internship and postdoctoral training at MUSC and the VAMC in Charleston. He provides clinical neuropsychological evaluations for patients followed within movement disorders. His research program is focused on developing new ways to measure and treat cognitive deficits in Parkinson's disease. Current efforts in this pursuit include development and standardization of computerized behavioral saccade tests, neuropsychological assessment via videoconferencing (i.e. telemedicine), and clinical trials (e.g. phospholipid-bound omega-3 supplementation).
